The Official Lakers Really Do Suck Thread (7:00)
 

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San Antonio (27 - 10)
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By ALAN FERGUSON
STATS Writer

(AP) -- While Metta World Peace tried to do his part, the Los Angeles Lakers couldn't overcome the loss of three frontcourt players, including a pair of All-Stars, during their opener to a brief road trip through Texas.

The Lakers will attempt to end that two-game trek on a more positive note Wednesday night but have the daunting task of trying to snap the San Antonio Spurs' 10-game home win streak.

Dwight Howard (shoulder), Pau Gasol (concussion) and reserve Jordan Hill (hip) are out indefinitely for Los Angeles (15-19), and Gasol is expected to be re-evaluated Thursday.

Even without those players, the Lakers were competitive for much of their visit to Houston on Tuesday, leading by 14 points in the first quarter, but ultimately couldn't keep up with one of the league's top scoring teams, falling 125-112 for a fourth straight defeat.

World Peace had a season-high 24 points but Kobe Bryant failed to top 25 for the first time in 18 games, finishing with 20 on 8-of-22 shooting.

"I thought we had the better team," World Peace said. "We definitely had the better team, but every night we have the better team and it's just not translating to wins.
"We've just got to move forward. We don't have time to feel bad for anyone."

The Lakers' chances to end their brief trip with a win don't appear promising against the Southwest Division-leading Spurs (27-10). San Antonio, though, has lost two of three after winning a season-high seven in a row and fell 95-88 in a visit to the Western Conference's last-place team, New Orleans, on Monday.

The Spurs were hindered by 19 turnovers, which led to 23 points for the Hornets, and a 5-of-14 shooting performance from Tim Duncan. He had 13 points while Tony Parker was the only starter to outscore him with 16. Manu Ginobili had a team-best 21 points off the bench.
"We played a well-coached, aggressive, well-executing team," coach Gregg Popovich said. "They did a great job at both ends of the court. They just whipped us."

The Spurs, though, will try to get back in the win column and extend their longest home streak since a franchise-record, 22-game run Dec. 3, 2010-March 4, 2011. San Antonio has won three in a row over Los Angeles, including an 84-82 road victory Nov. 13.

Danny Green hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 9.3 seconds left in that game, but the Spurs won more comfortably during the most recent matchup in San Antonio on April 20. Duncan had 21 points, and Parker and Ginobili scored 20 apiece in a 121-97 victory.

"(Playing the Lakers) is always a good test," Ginobili said. "They've got heart. They play hard. We now need that win. We want to keep that (home) win streak going, but we have to play better."

The Lakers have won in two of its past three visits to San Antonio and World Peace had a team-best 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting in the latest of those victories, 98-84 on April 11.

Bryant was held out of that game because of an injured left shin. He had 28 points on 12-of-19 shooting in the loss to San Antonio in November. The Spurs shot just 38.9 percent in that game and had three players in double figures, led by Parker with 19 points and Duncan with 18.

The Lakers haven't lost five in a row since April 3-10, 2011.

Official Fakers at Spurs Game Thread (7:00)

With all due respect , the title of the thread should have been:

"The Official Lakers Really Do Suck Thread"


The Spread at this time is 14 which is damn considerate of Vegas.
Our bench against their bench and it won't even be that close. I expect an announced Kobe injury any day now as this team is lottery bound.

I'm Lovin' it, :banana

MAJOR EPIC Failure for Da Fakers in our HOME!!!!:smirk :evil

Spurs protect their HOME SWEET HOME and RISE UP!

Despite all the Fakers Hard Physical Beat Up from Ron Artest to Kobe to all of the rest of them.... Spurs DEFEND Harder at HOME!

SPURS TEAM Hustle and play as a TEAM to bounce back from that ugly loss in
NOLA.

POP >>>>>> D'Antoni!

Spurs BLOW OUT the Fakers early to put them out of their misery Then Pop rests TD, TP, & Manu at the fourth! :D

SPURS 102
FTL 82

Go Spurs Go

Not in our HOME! NEVER NEVER!!!!!:smirk

FTL :gun SPURS

Spurs 108

FTL 89

Spurs win big tonight!!!!

Nash said he dont think the Lakers will get better this season. :applause

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San Antonio Spurs
Current Record
•27-10
Probable Starters
•Tim Duncan
Last game:│26 Minutes│13 Points on 5-14 FG│0-0 3PT│3-3 FT│8 Rebounds│3 Blocks│
•Tony Parker
Last game:│33 Minutes│16 Points on 7-11 FG│0-1 3PT│2-4 FT│3 Assists│2 Steals│
•Danny Green
Last game:│20 Minutes│0 Points on 0-5 FG│0-4 3PT│0-0 FT│1 Rebound│1 Assist│
•Kawhi Leonard
Last game:│31 Minutes│10 Points on 4-6 FG│2-4 3PT│0-0 FT│3 Rebounds│1 Block│
•Tiago Splitter
Last game:│26 Points│8 Points on 2-4 FG│0-0 3PT│4-4 FT│5 Rebounds│2 Assists│
Injury Report
•None

Los Angeles Lakers
Current Record
•15-19
Probable Starters
•Kobe Bryant
Last game:│41 Minutes│20 Points on 8-22 FG│2-8 3PT│2-2 FT│7 Assists│5 Rebounds│
•Steve Nash
Last game:│34 Minutes│16 Points on 6-10 FG│0-3 3PT│4-4 FT│10 Assists│5 Rebounds│
•Robert Sacre
Last game:│28 Minutes│10 Points on 4-10 FG│0-0 3PT│2-2 FT│4 Blocks│3 Rebounds│
•Darius Morris
Last game:│17 Minutes│12 Points on 5-7 FG│2-2 3PT│0-0 FT│2 Assists│2 Rebounds│
•Metta World Peace
Last game:│29 Minutes│24 Points 9-14 FG│4-5 3PT│2-2 FT│6 Rebounds│4 Steals│
Injury Report
•Pau Gasol (concussion) is questionable for Friday.
•Steve Blake (abdomen) targeting mid-January.
•Dwight Howard (shoulder) is out until at least mid-January.
•Jordan Hill (hip) targeting mid-January.
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Are any Laker bigs playing this game? Ha.

Actually Robert Sacre their starting Center was snagged from the Dev. League
He played in Reno Monday night, so this will be a BtoBtoB for him.

Spurs - 123
Fakers 89

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Kobe with a T! :applause

Well... disaster averted... Spurs 108 - Fakers 105. YaY!

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I've always said Jackson is one of those guys who will single handedly win you a game or lose it. In this one, he somehow tried to do both.

That is winning ugly with a capital 'U'.